'Lost' writer makes comic book debut

Illustrated by Stephen Thompson, the one-shot combines themes of the occult and underworld vengeance. Its storyline features a New Orleans police officer who takes on a Haitian drug kingpin and ends up becoming undead.

"Life Undead is essentially a supernatural, noir detective tale. It's about a New Orleans cop who goes up against a Haitian drug kingpin, gets seduced by a femme fatale, and winds up a zombi for his troubles," Zbyszewski told CBR. "Only, when I say, 'zombi', I don't mean the mindless, moaning, groaning, brain-munching type of zombie.

"For this story, I wanted to go back to the genre's Haitian roots and explore its mythological origins, rather than do yet another take on the George Romero template. I love those stories, don't get me wrong; I just wanted to try something different."